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A DARK TRAGEDY IN SIAM; THE EXECUTION OF PRA PREECAH. A NATIVE NOBLEMAN BEHEADED FOR MARRYING A BRITISH OFFICER'S DAUGHTER-- HOW A CRUEL KING CAN RETAIN A GRUDGE FOR YEARS--MEDIAEVAL HORRORS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

BANGKOK, Siam, Feb. 24.--The execution of Pra Preecah, the distinguished and once influential Siamese nobleman, and the causes leading thereto, are still much talked of here and at Singapore, indeed throughout the whole region of the British ... View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on April 12, 1880, on Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: A DARK TRAGEDY IN SIAM; THE EXECUTION OF PRA PREECAH. A NATIVE NOBLEMAN BEHEADED FOR MARRYING A BRITISH OFFICER'S DAUGHTER-- HOW A CRUEL KING CAN RETAIN A GRUDGE FOR YEARS--MEDIAEVAL HORRORS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe